Kobe Bryant told Phil Jackson to prepare for the Lakers’ season opener Tuesday night against Houston with confidence that Bryant can play more than 30 minutes on his surgically repaired right knee.

The Lakers finished up their final training-camp practice Monday afternoon, with Pau Gasol decreeing afterward: “Best thing about it is that it’s over with. Second-best thing is that it’s over with.”

The Lakers are ready to start chasing a third consecutive championship, with a pregame ceremony still to come to honor their second consecutive championship, though. They will get their rings — I’m told they’re not as gaudy as past championship rings — before the game.

Ron Artest, who still intends to raffle off his ring to raise money and awareness for mental-health therapy, said: “We’ve celebrated enough.”